Glacial-interglacial circulation changes inferred from231Pa/ 230Th sedimentary record in the North Atlantic region

Paleoceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Gherardi, J M ^a   Labeyrie, L ^b   Nave, S ^c   Francois, R ^d   McManus, J F ^e   Cortijo, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INETI   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 68249104499     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008PA001696     Document Type: Article

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